Kotam
Odapada block · Dhenkanal
district, Odisha · PIN 759015
· village code 403337
Population 2011
1,013
Census of India
Population 2020
877
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-13.4%
-136 people · -1.6% a year
Households
219
-16.7% vs 263 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,013
Male / female
553 / 460
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
832
Children aged 0–6
105
Literacy rate
73.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
141 / 116
Working population
454
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.9%
Households
263
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
—
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
124
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
39
Non-farm households
53
Share of households farming, 2020
42%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kotam panchayat, Odapada zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹43.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.32 lakh
Received directly
₹1.31 lakh
Spent
₹19.30 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.16 lakh · received ₹6.53 lakh · spent ₹8.97 lakh · left ₹16.72 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.65 lakh · received ₹9.79 lakh · spent ₹10.33 lakh · left ₹25.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.5766, 85.4515 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dhenkanal district ·
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staffing across Dhenkanal ·
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